diff --git a/gateway/metrics/exporter.go b/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
index 8ceeb88f..2922a118 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ func (e *Exporter) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	e.metricOptions.GatewayFunctionInvocation.Describe(ch)
 	e.metricOptions.GatewayFunctionsHistogram.Describe(ch)
 	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasGauge.Describe(ch)
+
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceMetrics.Counter.Describe(ch)
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceMetrics.Histogram.Describe(ch)
 }
 
 // Collect collects data to be consumed by prometheus
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ func (e *Exporter) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 			Set(float64(service.Replicas))
 	}
 	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasGauge.Collect(ch)
+
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceMetrics.Counter.Collect(ch)
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceMetrics.Histogram.Collect(ch)
 }
 
 // StartServiceWatcher starts a ticker and collects service replica counts to expose to prometheus
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/metrics.go b/gateway/metrics/metrics.go
index 9d0a3678..a8accd96 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ type MetricOptions struct {
 	GatewayFunctionInvocation *prometheus.CounterVec
 	GatewayFunctionsHistogram *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	ServiceReplicasGauge      *prometheus.GaugeVec
+	ServiceMetrics            *ServiceMetricOptions
+}
+
+// ServiceMetricOptions provides RED metrics
+type ServiceMetricOptions struct {
+	Histogram *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	Counter   *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
 // PrometheusHandler Bootstraps prometheus for metrics collection
@@ -44,16 +51,40 @@ func BuildMetricsOptions() MetricOptions {
 		[]string{"function_name"},
 	)
 
+	// For automatic monitoring and alerting (RED method)
+	histogram := prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+		Subsystem: "http",
+		Name:      "request_duration_seconds",
+		Help:      "Seconds spent serving HTTP requests.",
+		Buckets:   prometheus.DefBuckets,
+	}, []string{"method", "path", "status"})
+
+	// Can be used Kubernetes HPA v2
+	counter := prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Subsystem: "http",
+			Name:      "requests_total",
+			Help:      "The total number of HTTP requests.",
+		},
+		[]string{"status"},
+	)
+
+	serviceMetricOptions := &ServiceMetricOptions{
+		Counter:   counter,
+		Histogram: histogram,
+	}
+
 	metricsOptions := MetricOptions{
 		GatewayFunctionsHistogram: gatewayFunctionsHistogram,
 		GatewayFunctionInvocation: gatewayFunctionInvocation,
 		ServiceReplicasGauge:      serviceReplicas,
+		ServiceMetrics:            serviceMetricOptions,
 	}
 
 	return metricsOptions
 }
 
-//RegisterMetrics registers with Prometheus for tracking
+// RegisterExporter registers with Prometheus for tracking
 func RegisterExporter(exporter *Exporter) {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(exporter)
 }